Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Famous for creating the screenplay for the file “2001: A Space Odyssey”, considered to be one of the best films of all time, Arthur Charles Clarke was a science fiction writer who had an optimistic view of science empowering mankind.

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Sci-Fi often uses elements like advanced technology to explore potential consequences of science and to entertain by showing alternative possible worlds and futures.